sunlight

blinding, bright, brilliant, harsh, hot, intense, scorching, strong, warm

The harsh sunlight made it difficult to see the screen on my phone.

direct, full

The bright room was flooded with full sunlight streaming through the large windows.

pale, weak, wintry

dappled, golden

The golden sunlight streamed through the window and warmed the kitchen on that cold winter morning.

reflected

afternoon, morning, evening

autumn, spring, etc.

beam, ray, shaft

patch, pool

block out

The thick curtains in my bedroom block out most of the sunlight during the morning.

gleam in, glint in, shimmer in, sparkle in

The jewels sparkled in the sunlight as she opened the old wooden box.

be exposed to

The old photographs had been exposed to sunlight for years and started to fade.

blink in, squint in

After the long movie, we squinted in the sunlight as we walked out onto the street.

come, fall, filter, flood, penetrate, pierce, pour, shine, slant, stream

Golden rays of sunlight poured through the kitchen window onto the breakfast table.

dapple sth, gleam on/through sth, glimmer on sth, glint on sth, glitter on sth, reflect from/on sth, shimmer on sth, sparkle on sth

The morning sun glimmered on the wet pavement after the rain stopped.

in the ~

The cat stretched lazily in the sunlight coming through the kitchen window.

into the ~

The cat stretched lazily as we stepped into the warm sunlight.